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The Saint-Roch chapel is located on Mont-Sauvy hill.
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This walk ends with the discovery of the site of Saint Roch Chapel on Mont Savoy hill.
To get there from the Municipal Tourist Office, cross the D7n, turn right at the start of the Chemin de la Mine and then climb the Saint Roch gravel path at the start of the Chemin des Piellettes.
Saint Roch Chapel is on the wooded site of Mont Sauvy. The cross you passed was erected in 1803 as testimony to the religious revival that followed the Revolution.
Saint Roch, who was born at the end of the 13th century and spent his entire life working to help plague victims, has his chapel on this site; it was erected in the 17th century and extended in 1720. In that year, a terrible plague epidemic desecrated Provence. This scourge had many victims in Orgon, but the number of deaths was considered small compared with neighbouring communes. The people of Orgon and their consuls then vowed that they would hold a solemn procession to Saint Roch Chapel on 16 August every year, to thank Providence for saving them from this danger,
The Chapel is open on Easter Monday and 16 August.
Accessible for disabled
To get there from the Municipal Tourist Office, cross the D7n, turn right at the start of the Chemin de la Mine and then climb the Saint Roch gravel path at the start of the Chemin des Piellettes.
Saint Roch Chapel is on the wooded site of Mont Sauvy. The cross you passed was erected in 1803 as testimony to the religious revival that followed the Revolution.
Saint Roch, who was born at the end of the 13th century and spent his entire life working to help plague victims, has his chapel on this site; it was erected in the 17th century and extended in 1720. In that year, a terrible plague epidemic desecrated Provence. This scourge had many victims in Orgon, but the number of deaths was considered small compared with neighbouring communes. The people of Orgon and their consuls then vowed that they would hold a solemn procession to Saint Roch Chapel on 16 August every year, to thank Providence for saving them from this danger,
The Chapel is open on Easter Monday and 16 August.
Accessible for disabled
This walk ends with the discovery of the site of Saint Roch Chapel on Mont Savoy hill.
To get there from the Municipal Tourist Office, cross the D7n, turn right at the start of the Chemin de la Mine and then climb the Saint Roch gravel path at the start of the Chemin des Piellettes.
Saint Roch Chapel is on the wooded site of Mont Sauvy. The cross you passed was erected in 1803 as testimony to the religious revival that followed the Revolution.
Saint Roch, who was born at the end of the...
To get there from the Municipal Tourist Office, cross the D7n, turn right at the start of the Chemin de la Mine and then climb the Saint Roch gravel path at the start of the Chemin des Piellettes.
Saint Roch Chapel is on the wooded site of Mont Sauvy. The cross you passed was erected in 1803 as testimony to the religious revival that followed the Revolution.
Saint Roch, who was born at the end of the...
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